ABOUT US

On December 21 of 2009 EZ-Up Centerstand Canada was started after I purchased a stand for my 2008 Roadglide. I realized the quality and benefits of this product and pursued the opportunity to become the Canadian Sales agent for the Wheeldock Co. Below you will see the history of the inventer and manufacturer of quality Wheeldock products.

In 2004, the EZ-UpCenterStand™ Co. was formed. In its first year of business, EZ-UpCenterStand™ offered one product: the original EZ-UpCenterStand™ wheel chock. This product was invented and developed by the owner and founder of the company, Rod Brakhage, and his buddy Mike Lyons. In 2005, a patent was granted for the this product (Pat. #7,150,359). Before founding the EZ-UpCenterStand™ Co., the owner Rod was employed by Oklahoma State University for 23 years. During this period, he built all the hardware required to support research projects for the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology.

Originally the EZ-UpCenterStand™ Co. outsourced the wheel chock to another company for manufacturing and shipping. This product was primarily marketed by showing it at rallies and was advertised in a few magazines. After the first year, it became obvious that the wheel chock was not just a great design, but there was a large market for this type of product. Sales were so good in fact; the company which manufactured the product for EZ-UpCenterStand™ had trouble keeping up with orders. Therefore, the owner decided to make the investment necessary to start manufacturing the wheel chock in house. Because the owner’s background was in tool and die work, he built all new tooling and the precision fixtures needed for manufacturing the EZ-UpCenterStand™ wheel chock. He leased and set up a small manufacturing shop and was ready for business. In the first week of January 2005, EZ-UpCenterStand™ shipped the first wheel chocks, which were built entirely by EZ-UpCenterStand™ employees.

One year later, the company was at full speed and needed more space for production. On April 1, 2006, the company moved into its current plant, which is a new 8,000 sq. foot, custom built, facility complete with a state-of-the-art powder coating operation. The EZ-UpCenterStand Co is located at 502 Kinnick Rd in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The EZ-Up™ center stand was developed in the fall of 2006 to address continued requests from Harley owners for this product. Recently the owner went back to the drawing board when Harley decided to improve the frame for the ’09 models. The EZ-UpCenterStand™ company now builds an EZ-Up™ center stand for the new ‘09 Harleys in two heights as well as the original EZ-Up™ stand for 1989-2008 Harleys in four heights.

In the fall of 2008, another 2,500 sq. feet was added to the plant for R&D. This new shop facility is where Rod loves to hang out with his machine tools designing and developing new products and building fixtures and tooling for current products. This addition allows the company to take any new product from concept to completion.

Another part of the business involves custom powder coating for companies such as Kicker Car Stereo, Ridley Motorcycle Co. Mercury Marine, and others.

We at EZ-UpCenterStand™ are very proud of the fact that we are still manufacturing our products here in the USA. And, all of our products carry a limited lifetime warranty to be free of defects in materials and workmanship.

In this day and time, a lot of companies focus on how cheaply a product can be made (usually in a foreign country) and then sold for the most profit possible. At EZ-UpCenterStand™, we believe in building a great product in the US, sell it at a fair price, and then provide great service after the sale. We believe this simple philosophy is why we have been successful and what every company should be built around. Our toll free number is posted at the top of every page on our site, and we encourage our customers to call with any questions or comments, or complaints. We encourage you to take a few minutes and read what some of our customer’s think of our products and services here.